The HCI is a component of the UN’s E-Government Development Index, together with the Online Service Index and the Telecommunication Infrastructure Index.
Addressing a meeting with the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture and Education on October 17, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son proposed that the legislature ensure that a minimum of 20 per cent of total national budget expenditure is set aside for education. Despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic, the education sector has posted a range of positive results. In the ranking of countries in terms of education in 2021, Vietnam was 59th, up five places compared to 2020.
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son chaired a working session with many ministries, branches, and provincial people’s committees on September 28 to develop a project training high-quality human resources for technology development. A representative from the Department of Higher Education at the Ministry of Education and Training said the project will focus on attracting businesses to participate in high-tech human resources training.
Ten cooperative agreements were signed at the Vietnam - US Education Cooperation Forum in the US on September 21 between representatives of educational management agencies and educational institutions and corporations in the two countries. Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that to make a dramatic change in human resources development, Vietnam has decided to strengthen international education integration and promote investment in the country.
Within the framework of his visit to the US, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son and his delegation met with US partners such as the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the Intel Corporation on September 21. The Ministry of Education and Training and ETS signed a third cooperation agreement, with ETS committing to promoting equality and the quality of education in Vietnam with testing and assessments. According to Mr. Son, Vietnam will send people to the US to attend training courses and ETS can send experts to Vietnam to help. At her meeting with the Vietnamese delegation, Ms. Sara Kemp, Vice President of the Intel Corporation, affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of the group and it highly values its relationship with the country. Mr. Son expressed a desire to strengthen cooperation with businesses in information technology, especially Intel.
On the sidelines of the Transforming Education Summit in New York on September 19, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son held bilateral meetings with representatives from various organizations and companies. The World Bank (WB) committed to supporting many of the priorities in Vietnam’s education sector, Microsoft committed to helping the country promote digital transformation in education, and the US Department of Education said it is ready to partner with the Ministry of Education and Training.